Saturday, October 21, 2006

123 - All Request

Boy Girl Party

1. Boy Girl Party
Susie Ghahremani is an awesome artist and illustrator. I always like to look at her shop to see her cool shirts, apparel and paintings. I would probably have gotten around to posting her site on my own, but this was suggested by Rachel a while ago.

Sumpahan Ikan Pari

2. Sumpahan Ikan Pari
Do not eat this fish!

St. Martin Airport

3. St. Martin Airport
My brother sent in this video of a jet landing over the beach in the Dutch Antilles I mentioned a long time ago.

What's for Dinner

4. What's for Dinner
Gina of Witticisms wants you to know a lot of detail about everything that she eats.

Skiddalz

5. Skiddalz
Angel Graham aka "Skiddalz" is a 17 year old female emcee. Why is this posted here? Blame Jason.

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Friday, October 20, 2006

122 - Rock!

Rock & Roll  Camps for Girls

1. Rock & Roll Camps for Girls
Today's sugar and spice is tomorrow's fire and brimstone. Plus: explore Music Gear Review for a ton of interesting music related information. I love this blog and would like to offer its author a guest curator spot, but there is no contact info or comments section.

The Future is Now

2. The Future is Now
Remember when Johnny Carson used to have seven year old kids on the show to rock out on a giant drum set with Doc Severnson and the Tonight Show Orchestra? I wonder where this kid is now.

Upright Box

3. Upright Box
You too can build your own upright bass using only a 2x4, a cardboard box, and some weedwhacker cord.

Tiger Rag

4. Tiger Rag
Omg thid id über awsome! LOL

Roy Smeck on ukulele.

Prehistoric Pipes

5. Prehistoric Pipes
If early man could make a set of musical pipes in 2120BC with no power tools, why can't I figure out how to get accurately placed finger holes on a PVC flute?

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

121 - with Links

Am I Maze Obsessed?

1. Am I Maze Obsessed?
These guys figured that the regular sized wooden labyrinths weren't annoying enough, so they built a giant one to be played with a golf ball.

Pins

2. Pins
Adding one more awesome item to my Christmas List.

Fat Girls Love the Cock of the Walk

3. Fat Girls Love the Cock of the Walk
It is amazing that commercials like this ever existed, and that a marketing man could have ever thought that "Cock of the Walk" would be a good name for canned peaches

R. Mutt

4. R. Mutt
Not since Marcel Duchamp have bathroom fixtures been used to create such wonderful artwork.

Red

5. Red
Don't let the falling balls hit you while you are listening to Bjork-esqe music.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

120 - with Links

Scarlett Johansson's Credibility: Dead

1. Scarlett Johansson's Credibility: Dead
I might be jumping the gun, but I'm pretty sure that an album of Tom Waits songs sung by Esquire Magazine's "Sexiest Woman Alive" will be bad, and I'm 100% sure it will be unnecessary.

Schwinn Electric

2. Schwinn Electric
Next year's line of Schwinn bicycles includes a bunch of really cool inconspicuous electric motorized ones that are masquerading as regular bikes. I want one so bad I could spit.

Rainbow Explosions

3. Rainbow Explosions
You may remember the awesome Bravia bouncing ball commercial I mentioned a while ago. The sequel is up and running, and is pretty cool too.

Get Lost

4. What Happens in Vegas Gets Forgotten About in Vegas
Why is it that state government of Nevada seems to have a clear understanding of personal freedom when the rest of the country can't figure it out?

Shotgun

5. Shotgun
The official rules of calling "shotgun" would have saved a lot of arguments during my highschool years.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

119 - with Links!

Deep Cycle

1. Deep Cycle
Although I'd prefer a how-to, this is a pretty interesting video and short article about the conversion of a small gas powered motorcycle into a battery powered electric one.

Conjunction Junction

2. Conjunction Junction
A history of the Schoolhouse Rock Singers. Even though the linked videos in the article have been removed, you can still find a lot of them on You Tube.

Celebrity Scat

3. Celebrity Scat
The perfect gift for your hard-to-buy-for loved ones; Skin cells, bacteria, or fecal matter from their favorite celebrities like Robert Downey Jr, Sarah Jessica Parker, Don Rickles, Sammy Hagar, John Cougar Mellencamp, Mike Tyson, Norman Mailer, Sarah Vowell, Mick Foley, Gary Busey, Chris Matthews or Ke Huy-Quan (Data from the Goonies.)

Get Lost

4. Get Lost
Before autumn is completely over and winter descends, get outside, have some hot apple cider, and find a Corn Maze near you to get lost in.

BJÃRKEN

5. BJÃRKEN
Match the Ikea product name with a description of the actual item. No fair if you already speak Swedish or whatever viking language those Ikean bastards speak.

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Monday, October 16, 2006

118 - Birds/Bags

Bird Silhouette

1. Bird Silhouette
A playing card collaged and painted with the image of a hot pink bird by artist, Jodie Hurt

Diving Bluebird

2. Diving Bluebird
A sterling silver and swarovski crystal necklace of a bird in flight desogned by Rachael Sudlow.

Raven Crow Duet

3. Raven Crow Duet
Solder glass pendants with ball chain necklaces from Archipelago Arts.

Eclectus Parrot Pouch

4. Eclectus Parrot Pouch
Cute little pouch with a parrot on it. See more at Little Odd Forest

Bluebird Messenger Bag

5. Bluebird Messenger Bag
Check out this Canadian retro messenger bag made by Meghan Haberl of Lucky Penny Designs.

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

117 - All Request

How To Eat at a Sushi Bar

1. How To Eat at a Sushi Bar
Another all request day. I think all of these were sent in by the same guy, but using different bogus pseudonyms.

This video is pretty funny, but I think it might be too subtle for the common, non-Japanese sensibility. Sorry, I forgot the name of the submitter,

Better Than One

2. Better Than One
Like any sensible person, I enjoy pictures and videos of animals with two heads. I normally would shy away from two-headed baby videos because they are so sad, but this is an all request day. Blame it on "Arch Stanton."

Night Into Day

3. Night Into Day
Video of a fireball over Texas, submitted by Youshould Doa Ufoday. Ha! Did it without your help, sucka!

George Lucas Murdered My Childhood

4. George Lucas Murdered My Childhood
Breaking News! The new special edition Star Wars movies have some changes from the original theatrical releases. Thanks for the incredibly relevant update Chris Haney!

RuBot II

5. RuBot II
This guy should really quit messing around with the Rubik's Cube and invent a Haircutbot. Submitted by Arent I A Cleverrobot.

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